Beauty

This is our beauty! Sleeping like an angel. She is doing quite a bit of sleeping. I'm staying with my daughter and SIL this week to help out anyway that I can and to also spoil my granddaughter.

She is gaining her weight back and is a very good natured little girl. We are all home from the hospital and everyone is doing fabulous.

Well got to run. Cora is awake.

She's here!

I am now grandma! Our beautiful Cora Adair was born January 9, 7 lbs. 3 oz, 19 inches. Mom and baby doing great. My daughter had a C-Section because Cora was breech and all went well. The pediatrician said she was perfect -- I could have told her that! :)

Still checking with mom and dad about whether we'll have pictures posted. For now, you can take my word for it -- she is beautiful!

Devotion

I am reading "Riches Stored in Secret Places" by Jennifer Kennedy Dean for my devotion. The book is described as "a devotional guide for those who hunger after God". I've watched one of her video series as a Bible Study and have seen her in person. Please pray for me during this study that I make it a priority and am open to the Holy Spirit to speak to me through her writing.

Getting Ready

The baby's room is black and white. My daughter gave me the material that was used on the rocker to make a bed skirt. I pleated the skirt and attached is to a pillow case that will fit under the baby mattress.

I used some of the remaining material to make a pillow and used some black material to make another one. I think they will look great in the baby bed. If my daughter is reading this blog post - SURPRISE!

This is the instructions I used to make the pillow covers. Turned out very easy.

Materials: fabric, measuring tape, pillow form.

Steps:
1. Measure the width and length of the pillow. Cut a piece of fabric one inch larger than the width and make the length of the fabric, two times the pillow length plus five inches.

2. Fold the short ends over 1/2 inch twice toward the wrong side of the fabric and pin the hems. Sew them in place.

3. With the right side of the fabric facing up, fold in the right side, and then the left side so they overlap in the middle (adjust as necessary so the finished length fits your pillow).

4. Pin the raw edges and sew them in place using a half-inch seam allowance. Trim the corners and turn the cover right side out. Slip the old pillow into the cover.

Encouragement for Today

Dear Lord, restore to me the joy of my salvation and bring back the strength and hope my heart once had. Cleanse my soul with your grace and mercy. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

New Year's Day Shopping

Just a quick note about my first 2008 shopping! I made a quick stop at Dillards because they had 75% off on their Christmas items. I found these really cute Christmas napkins that were only 38 cents each. Wow! I look forward to using them next year. They'll look great with my new white plates.

2008 is great so far!

Happy New Year!

We are staying low key tonight. Just hanging around the house with our 22 year old son. We just finished playing Risk (which unfortunately, I was the first to go out - I'm the pink armies) and getting ready to watch Ratatouille. We may even get to bed before midnight! We want to be up early tomorrow to be ready for the Cotton Bowl. University of Missouri is playing University of Arkansas. Go MIZZOU! Some friends are having us over to brunch and then watch the 10:30 a.m. game -- boy that is sure early for New Year's Day!

Hope you have a wonderful 2008. I'm looking forward to this year and besides the normal exercise more, eat less, pray and read your bible more resolutions, I'm going to work at being the best Grandma ever!